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Thamnomargarosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae

Taxonomy
Thamnomargarosmilia was named by Melnikova (1996). It is not extant. Its type is Thamnomargarosmilia prima.

It was assigned to Margarophylliidae by Melnikova (1996).

Species
T. prima (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Thamnomargarosmilia Melnikova pp. 131-132

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyMargarophylliidaeCuif 1977
genusThamnomargarosmilia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Thamnomargarosmilia Melnikova 1996
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Thamnomargarosmilia prima Melnikova 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 08:08:15
Modified: 2008-02-11 10:08:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Stanley and Senowbari-Daryan 1999, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lacian or 227.30000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4China (Tibet) T. sp., T. gen (232838)
Tuvalian - Lacian233.6 - 215.38Tajikistan T. prima (42745)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Austria T. prima (85472)